Acording to the complaint, St. Joseph Healthcare Centers and Hospitals and the aforementioned doctors and healthcare organizations, practiced careless judgment while caring for Dorlas Culbertson on two different occasions–Aug. 29-Sept. 3, 2013, and Sept. 4-8, 2013–when she developed a small bowel obstruction in addition to an existing small bowel obstruction, which ultimately led to her death Sept. 8, 2013.

Permoda seeks damages more than $50,000, plus costs and any other relief this court deems just. She is represented by attorney Ronald Kalish of Steinberg, Goodman and Kalish in Chicago.